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The Open Source House Project
To overcome housing problems such as expensive building materials and inefficient construction meth… ivili Jul 2 14 views
Healthy Microfinance: Innovations in Microfinance and Health Services
This film illustrates how Freedom from Hunger and five microfinance organizations (MFIs) are develo… ivili Jul 2 2 views
Microfinance - Does it really work?
Governments from Brazil to Bosnia have launched massive microfinance programs, and commercial banks… ivili Jul 2 2 views
Artist turns Paris into a playground
The French artist Jerome G. Demuth (who also goes by the moniker "G"), recently installed swings ar… ivili Jun 29 9 views
Permaculture Pedal Power
In Permaculture alternative energy systems are an integral part of any good design. There is no bet… ivili Jun 28 21 views
Bicycle powered Water pump from 90 foot well
This is a bead rope tube old bicycle well pumps water from a 90 foot well that pumps ten gallons of… ivili Jun 28 15 views
Participatory Governance in the Philippines :Introduction and Cebu Experience (part 1)
Participatory governance in the Philippines -- Institute of Politics and Governance in partnership… ivili Mar 18 15 views
World Bank Computer Game Seeks Answers to Mega-Issues
The World Bank Institute, the learning arm of the World Bank, has launched an online computer game… ivili Mar 18 40 views
Jaipur foot brings prosthetics to poor
The Jaipur leg also known as Jaipur Foot is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for people with below-kne… ivili Mar 15 15 views
FLAP (Flexible Light And Power) Bag
http://poptech.org/flap The FLAP project integrates a new 2-watt lighting and charging resource cre… ivili Mar 12 21 views
Ripples of Change - multi-use water systems in Nepal
The multi-use water system increases access to water for rural and mountainous communities in Nepal… ivili Mar 12 12 views
Rope and washer pump with drive pulleys
designed this pump in Bolivia as an alternative to the usual expensive hand pumps that were availab… ivili Mar 12 60 views
Floating Water Wheel
The floating water wheel finally got launched beginning of January. It turns at about 1/2 this spee… ivili Mar 12 43 views
Portable Water Filter Press
Potters for Peace is a non-profit with a long track record setting up small factories to produce po… ivili Mar 12 14 views
How to turn your bike into a cargo bike
Workshop - how to build an extended wheelbase cargo bike ivili Mar 12 23 views
Infiltration wells in the Himalayas
A short overview of Grassroots' efforts to solve the challenge of chronic water shortage in the Him… ivili Mar 12 5 views
A Kenya Top bar Hive
This video is about manipulation of bees and combs in a KTBH with African bees - Apis mellifera scu… ivili Mar 12 16 views
Africa Rural Connect looks for ideas for African farmers
Africa Rural Connect (ARC), a program of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), is an online… ivili Mar 12 9 views
Power up Gambia provides solar power or Gambian hospitals
Imagine: A hospital without constant electric power, without constant running water, unable to use… ivili Mar 11 16 views
Simple biochar stove by World Stove
WorldStove is committed to creating useful and innovative carbon negative products that increase qu… ivili Mar 11 66 views
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License concern... 2 Replies
This is hard to categorize as seeking a solution - but I am seeking a response so I'll post here. Jeremy, I love that you've tagged the site with a Creative Commons license. I do strongly suggest no…
Tagged: knowledge-sharing, licenses
Started by Chris Watkins in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Chris Watkins Dec. 23, 2009.
Floating gardens: growing food on flooded land
This solution was created by Practical Action, adapting to climate change in Bangladesh http://practicalaction.org/food-produc of the land in the Gaibandha district of Bangladesh is covered by water…
Tagged: floating, gardens, hunger, agriculture, flood
Started by Carol Horne in Solution Offered... Nov. 20, 2009.
Can Straw bales be used externally to retrofit an existing building? 5 Replies
I want to use straw bales to retrofit an existing brick building (small detatched cottage in London) in order to improve its insulation. Is this possible and does it have any implications re intersti…
Tagged: insulation, bale, straw, building
Started by carolyn ingle in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by carolyn ingle Oct. 23, 2009.
UK too reliant on imported food? 3 Replies
51% of British food is imported. This means our food supply is not secure (although of course Britain's food supply is nowhere near as vulnerable as that of developing countries). There are also envi…
Started by Carol Horne in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Job S. Ebenezer Oct. 23, 2009.
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